Butterfly Embossed High Relief Majolica Tile • Condition: Near perfect • Price: £120 (approx. $158) • Stock number: 07474 UK Special Delivery +£11 Europe Priority +£16 US and World Priority +£26 Currency Converter Ask a question One very tiny rim chip, slight wear two corners, perfect surface.   • Style: Figural • Technique: Embossed majolica • Maker: Unknown, Japan • Dimensions: 6" x 6" • Date: 1925 (circa)   A tile showing a butterfly feeding on a flower in astonishingly high relief, an excellent less often seen tile typical of the style of manufacture and colours of the times. Many Japanese tiles were made to compete with english tiles in asian markets, Hong Kong and Singapore working across the continent to India. In Singapore such tiles, first mostly english and european but later mostly japanese became quite a cultural phenomena with the Peranakan people and their styles. Many were copies of english tiles particularly those made by Johnsons, Maw and Richards that were sold in east asian markets.   Information Tiles For Sale Contacts Order Information